Do you remember what Onomatopoeia is? Onomatopoeia is a word that names a sound, but also sounds like that sound. For example: A bee goes buzz and a fire engine goes nee-naw.
Activity
Read the descriptions below, and write onomatopoeia for each one. There can be one word or a few words if you like. Whatever comes to mind! We've done the first one as an example:
Listen & List: Why not make a list of all the things in your home that make a noise and the sounds they make? If you want to turn it into a game, sit with another person then both of you close your eyes and listen for sounds. After 20 seconds, each person writes down the sounds they could hear. The person with the most sounds wins!
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Poem
Here's part of a wonderfully silly poem for you to enjoy written by a man who was as funny as his name - Spike Milligan! See if you can spot every time he uses onomatopoeia!
Excerpt from The Ning Nang Nong By Spike Milligan
On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the Cows go Bong!
and the monkeys all say BOO!
There's a Nong Nang Ning
Where the trees go Ping!
And the tea pots jibber jabber joo.
On the Nong Ning Nang
All the mice go Clang
And you just can't catch 'em when they do!
We've made up a poem for you to enjoy, that includes many examples of onomatopoeia. Can you spot them?
The Noisy Giant
There's a giant in the forest
Who goes boom, crash, crack,
And he lets out a big roar,
When the forest fights back.The trees begin to swish about
The birds begin to caw
The rabbits and the mice squeak, squeak
The donkey goes hee-hawThe giant cannot help it
He’s too big for this place
With a splish and splash, he makes a dash
To the sea, where there’s some space.
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